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Finishing Casting & Floors / Plank Stock ( TALLY HO EP83)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Finishing Casting & Floors / Plank Stock (EP83) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 83. We have finished casting! In this episode, the final lodging knee is cast by Daniel - his first time pouring the molten bronze, and not without a little bit of f...
Boatbuilding – Lining-out for Planking (EP78)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Lining-out for Planking (EP78) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 78. In this episode we calculate the locations and sizes of all the hull planks, based on the complex shape of the hull. I’ve never done this before, so we get some help from the Lead Sh...
BoatBuilding – Finishing the Transom (EP76)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Finishing the Transom / More Floors (EP76) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 76. In this episode I focus on the final install of the transom, using a couple of old tricks to ensure that it stays watertight. The planks get bolted to the sternpost and ev...
TOOL BOX TOUR: Must-Have Tools for Boat Repairs, Maintenance, Upgrades
You can live this lifestyle too! BlueWater Cruising will show you how: What tools are necessary for repairs, maintenance, and upgrades on my boat? All items on this video are located right here: ***WANT TO SUPPORT THE Z-CREW?*** —BUY A TICKET TO THE SHOW! What the heck are we talking about? C...
BoatBuilding – Bilge Stringers / Oak problems! (EP72)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Bilge Stringers / Oak problems! (EP72) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 72. In this episode we face a major dilemma - having found that one of the White Oak logs had porous grain (bad news!) I have to make the painful decision of whether or not to re...
BoatBuilding – Building the Deck Structure! (EP71)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Building the Deck Structure (EP71) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 71. In this episode we finish building the majority of the deck structure! Lots of dovetails are cut, and the deck layout emerges as we add carlins and half beams one by one. We als...
BoatBuilding – Fitting Deck Beams! (Tally Ho EP70)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Fitting Deck Beams! (EP70) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 70. It’s time to start building the Deck Structure! Firstly I take a look at the old Beam Shelves and analyse the 110 year-old joinery of the original boatbuilders. I decide to replicate the...
BoatBuilding – Installing Beamshelves / BIG plans! (EP67)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Installing Beamshelves / BIG plans! (EP67) Support; Become a Patron; ---- EPISODE 67. In this episode, I finish planing the beamshelves, move them into the boat, and start the process of bending them around the inside of the frames - creating some big load...
The Pilot Cutter PELLEW (EP65)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - The Pilot Cutter PELLEW (EP65) Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 65. In this episode, I return to Cornwall to catch up with Luke Powell and his team, who are getting ready to launch the replica Pilot Cutter PELLEW. Luke talks about how this project c...
Boatbuilding – Making Beam Shelves (Tally Ho EP62)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht - Making Beam Shelves / Sheer Clamps (EP62) Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 62. In this episode I start by adjusting the position of some of the frames, and fairing them all on the inside. Then I cut and fit the scarph joins on the big 6-1/2” x 3...
Installing the Fashion Pieces (Rebuilding Tally Ho EP61)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Installing the Fashion Pieces (EP61) Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 61. In this episode we install the Fashion Pieces, which will form the connection between the hull planking and the transom. We have to cut the heels, drill and chisel the no...
BOATBUILDING / Carving Sternpost / Cutting Rabbet (EP60)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Shaping the Stern / Cutting the Rabbet (EP60) Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 60. Rowan returns to give me a hand, and we finish shaping the keel with Adze and power-plane. Then we carve some shape into the Stern Assembly, roughing out the Stern-po...
Shaping the Keel / Adze work (EP59)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Shaping the Keel / Adze work (EP59) Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 59. In this episode, after roughing-out the starboard side Rabbet into the Stem, I make a jig to transfer the measurements for the shape of the Keel Timber from the lofting floor to...
Ship of Theseus / Project Recap! (EP58)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Ship of Theseus / Project Recap Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 58. In this episode, I ask the question “is Tally Ho still the same boat?” ...I explore the ancient philosophical question of The Ship of Theseus, and how that problem applies to this p...
WOODEN BOAT REBUILD – Shaping the Cutwater / More Timber! (EP57)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Shaping the Cutwater / More Timber! Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 57. In this episode, I cut the rest of the shape of the Cutwater into the Stem, using a chainsaw. Then I plane it smooth, and shape the transition to the square stem-head with a gri...
Roughing-out the Stem / Timber Decisions (Tally Ho Ep 56)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Roughing-out the Stem / Timber Decisions Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 56. After the busyness of the Frame-raising, it’s just me and the boat again for a while. I have some tough decisions to make as I look into ordering the timber for the deck-st...
Finished Framing! / Planking Timber (TALLY HO EP55)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Finished Framing! / Planking Timber Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 55. Tally Ho is fully re-framed! In this episode we see the final part of the frame-raising party, as we make and install the last of the frames that make up the bow of the boat. We...
The Life of a Futtock! Reframing 1910 yacht (Tally HO EP54)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – The Life of a Futtock / EP54. Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 54. In this episode we follow the life of a single Futtock, from being marked on a template to being installed as a finished frame. Frame-raising 2.0 is going well, with more than half of...
Rebuilding Tally Ho – Frame-Raising 2.0 (meeting the crew!) EP53
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Frame-Raising 2.0 (meeting the crew) / EP53. Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 53. Having installed the new Stem, it’s time to replace all the frames in the bow of the boat! Eight awesome volunteers show up and we get straight to work, training them ...
Replacing the bow on a vintage wooden boat / Rebuilding Tally Ho EP52
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Installing the Bow Assembly / EP52. Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 52. A worrying thunder-shake in the new stem means I have to make and install a large graving piece. After making some wedges and cutting notches in the scarph joints, we assemble ...
Assembling the Bow Timbers! (TALLY HO 51)
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht – Assembling the bow timbers / EP51. Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 51. In this episode we finally dry fit the purpleheart bow assembly timbers. In other news, we come up with a short-term solution to a damaged Babbitt bearing in the Ship-saw, and w...
Cutting the Bow timbers! – TALLY HO EP50
Rebuilding a historic sailing yacht Cutting the Stem / Bow pieces / EP50. Support; Become a Patron; ----- EPISODE 50. …in which we finish the templates for the bow assembly and cut out all the pieces with the chainsaw jig. Meanwhile, I have to deal with a damage to a power-plane, the Shipsaw, ...
Acorn to Arabella – Journey of a Wooden Boat – Episode 66: Installing Pocket Keel Bolts
Now that we have all the floors fabricated and the majority installed, there are 4 more very important ones to focus on. The ones that tie the ballast keel to the keel timber. These four floors in the middle of the vessel will hold the bolts that capture the 4.5 ton keel and keep it connected to t...